The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-06

must prove much more valuable to Young
children than any amount of theory.
MARK TWAIN has an article entitled 4" En-
glish as She is Taught " in the pril Century.
1t gives numerous examples Of the remark
able English sometimes found in school
exercises, with running comment by the
humorst. DIR. Edward Eggleston's papers
ON g Religion in the Colonies" begin in
the April issue with description of church
buildings and the peculiarities of service
and old church customs. In both matter
and illustration this series has been the re-
SUIT OF pains-taking research. The Lincoln
history by Messrs. Ncolay and Hay reaches
a famous period OF Iincoln's career with the
April numDer-the campaign against Trum-
bull and the earlier Douglas debates,
Border rutiiansm in Kansas, and the To-
peka and Lecompton constitutions are also
treated of. Mrs Van Rensselaer's series of
articles on the great English cathedrals
begins in the April Century with an account
of Canterbury. Pencil will illustrate the
series throughout.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, that popular maya
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coin. a new department will consist of
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and the like. The Uses and Abuses of
Soap in the Household " will be treated by
Mrs. Hester NJ. Poole, and in addition to
this brief mention of what they are to serve
their readers we feel safe in saying that
their bill of fare for the coming issues will
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will take your yearly subscription. Price
ten cents a copy; $3.50 ayear.
NATURAL LAW IN THE BUSINESS WORLD,
by Henry Wood. Boston: Lee & Shepard
(225 PIP, cloth, seventy-fve cents. If we
are not mistaken Mr.. Wood was a native or
former resident of this vicinity. In this
small but comprehensive work the vital
questions involved in the labor problem are
discussed very intelligently from point of
view hitherto largely unnoticed by great
portion of the community, whose attention
has been drawn almost exclusively to the
labor movement as presented by the So
called " reformers and by agitators Mr..
Woods book aims to follow out the uni
forinity which he claims exists in the laws
and tendencies which govern in the domain
of political economy and includes dis
passionate essay on the relations of capital
and labor, the distribution of wealth, eco
monte legislation labor unions, socialism,
corporations and transportation. While up
holding vigorously the real interests of la
Dor, the volume endeavors to EXPOSE the
abuses and evils which masquerade under
labor's banner, pointing to the fallacies of
Mr.. Henry George and other socialistic and
labor agitators, by demonstrating that their
theories are visionary and opposed to natu-
raj and unchanging laws and principles,
and arguing that class prejudice now stirnu-
lated perslstently by many is exceedingly
harmful to all the people, and that there
can be no natural antagonism between labor
and capital. The book is entitled to a
thoughtful reading, both for the importance
of its subject and the ability evinced in its
preparation, and cannot fail to elucidate
many of the economic questions which at
the present time claim public attention.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAR OF ORLEANS
COUNTY, VERMONT, by Frederick w. Bald
win of Barton. Montpelier: VERMONT
WATcHMAN AND JOURNAL press. This is
the first work of the kind that has been is
sued in Vermont, though several are pro-
Jected for other counties. Mr.. Baldwin has
given much time and research in its prepa-
ration, and it need not be said that the work
of gathering the material for such book is
no small task. Fortunately Mr.. Baldwin
had valuable assistance from members of
the legal profession and others who were
personally acquainted with some of the
leading lawyers commemorated in his book.
In the preface Mr.. Baldwin thus defines the
scope of the work " 1t has been the aim of
the author to give a more or less extended
biography of every lawyer in regular stand
ing ever in this county (Orleans); also few
pioneers of the profession, who in the early
days made the bar of northeastern Vermont
famous" The book opens with a brief his
torical chapter relating to the organization
of Orleans county and its courts. This is
followed by Pioneers of the Bar" which
includes excellent biographies of John Mat.
tocks, General Seth Cushman, Ephraim
Paddock, James Bell, Isaac Fletcher and